I drove around campus and near the CDC building and a little ways down Harmony. Traffic was a nightmare near the highway, so I couldn't get near it. No red balloons (they'd have to be very high up to go over the tree lines around here, so you should be able to see them quite a ways off).

And the sun has gone beyond the mountains, so it's dusk here now, and they should be taking down the balloons in CO and the adjacent states.

Mustaf Herod Upyur Poupr:I still can't figure out why one of the moderators deleted my post where I wrote "Jesus is Xenu" on Canada. Under the guise of broken images. They're all on my photobucket account, and I'm lookin' at em right now. They're not broke. What's with the censorship today, anyway? Or did I violate a new rule or something?

I mean, come on! This is FARK. I should be able to post a photoshop of Jesus and Xenu spooning while the apostles pour milk on em, and nobody here would even bat an eye if I did. Seriously.

Dude. You're thinking about it too much. Have some vodak and your drug of choice. Relax. Listen to some Yanni, or something.

Mustaf Herod Upyur Poupr:buckler: The 10balloons map graffiti is great, and very FARK-worthy, but we got 40,000 bucks for disadvantaged kids riding on this. Let's get data-mining, eh?

Aye. And some of us have been hard at work confusing the competition. The reward needs to go to toys for tots, not toys-for-10ballon-dot-com-schmucks-who-claim-they'll-share-the-money-b​ut-might-n ot. I myself have been doing a metric shiat-ton of disinformation to mislead other dataminers.

You've been a very, very, very naughty boy and Santa is going to make sure you get appropriately rewarded!

Mustaf Herod Upyur Poupr:buckler: The 10balloons map graffiti is great, and very FARK-worthy, but we got 40,000 bucks for disadvantaged kids riding on this. Let's get data-mining, eh?

Aye. And some of us have been hard at work confusing the competition. The reward needs to go to toys for tots, not toys-for-10ballon-dot-com-schmucks-who-claim-they'll-share-the-money-b​ut-might-n ot. I myself have been doing a metric shiat-ton of disinformation to mislead other dataminers.

Good deal. Now that the balloons are down, I can tell you that I found one, and I spoke to the DARPA guy briefly. He mentioned that one aspect of the experiment was to see how trust issues affect the distribution of information among social networks, or hinder it. They're especially looking at cooperative vs. competitive behavior in information-distribution systems, and how that has an influence on the quality of the final information product. He specifically asked me if we were actively undermining other groups, and I told him we were actively jamming at least one project. He seemed pleased to hear it.

Whoever deleted the image, I can appreciate your concern but did you check to see what the coordinates where? I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I didn't drive to the bottom of the ocean in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska today.

dbrunker:Whoever deleted the image, I can appreciate your concern but did you check to see what the coordinates where? I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I didn't drive to the bottom of the ocean in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska today.

punkrockgirl:dbrunker: Whoever deleted the image, I can appreciate your concern but did you check to see what the coordinates where? I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I didn't drive to the bottom of the ocean in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska today.

HAHAHA! No, I panicked! Sorry about that.

I'm a little touchy today :(

You've worked your butt off today and for a very noble cause, you're entirely forgiven. :)

buckler: They're especially looking at cooperative vs. competitive behavior in information-distribution systems, and how that has an influence on the quality of the final information product. He specifically asked me if we were actively undermining other groups, and I told him we were actively jamming at least one project. He seemed pleased to hear it.

Spotted a red balloon in Wheeling IL on Hintz road and the train tracks. This is NOT a darpa balloon that I can tell, there was no number, and definatly was no one there from darpa. Like the cat in the hat said, find out where it's not.

Too bad, I got all excited when I saw it.

GPS: 42.07'23.85" N by 87.55'21.90" W

It was for sure a red weather balloon of the correct size, but had no other markings on it. I tried taking a picture, but was too dark for my cell phone camera.

First spotted @ 4:45 PM local time, drove up to it on the way home at 6:45 PM.

dbrunker:punkrockgirl: dbrunker: Whoever deleted the image, I can appreciate your concern but did you check to see what the coordinates where? I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I didn't drive to the bottom of the ocean in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska today.

HAHAHA! No, I panicked! Sorry about that.

I'm a little touchy today :(

You've worked your butt off today and for a very noble cause, you're entirely forgiven. :)

If you notice an eight-foot red weather balloon today while you're driving around, please let Fark knowFark would like to have a word with you (Last reminder for anyone who missed the previous threads)